Shingle-planing machine



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A. W. ELDREDGE.

SHINGLE PLANING'MAGEINE.

No. 298,454. Patented May 13, 1884.-

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Nrrn STATES PATE T Gretna.

ALONZO WV. ELDREDGE, OF BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

SHlNGLE-PLANING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,454, dated May 13, 1884.

Application filed March 19, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALONZO XV. ELDREDGE, of Big Rapids, in the county of Mecosta and State of Michigan, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Shingle-Planing Machines; and I hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction and operation of shingle-planing machines, by means of which shingles may be planed upon one or both sides, and one or both their ends shaved squarely, or at right angles to their side edges.

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel cons'tructlon of the various parts and their various combinations, as more fully hereinafter described.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. '2 is a top plan. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a top plan of the lower part ofthe bed with the top part thereof removed. Fig. 5 is a section of the feed-band. Fig. 6 is an end view of one of the rollers or pulleys which carry the feed-band.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A and A represent the planer-heads, provided with suitable knives or bits. These heads are j ournaled diagonally to the bed of the machinethe former below and the latter above the bed-so that in its passage the shingle will be planed upon one or both sides. The heads are provided with suitable pulleys, a, by means of which they are driven from any desired source of power.

B B are saws suitably secured to arbor-s, driven in the usual way and journaled in suitable bearings. These saws are designed to cut the shingles true. The saw B maybe upon an independent arbor, if desired, and tilted to cut on a bevel, if desired. The saw B is adjustable upon its arbor, in order to be set to cutthe tips at any desired length, while the saw B is designed to cut the butts.

In place of feed-rollers, I employ feed-bands G and 0, made of steel, with points or spurs projecting from the outer faces of thebands, as more clearly shown in Fig. 5; and on the in- (No model.)

ner faces of the bands lugs or cogs g are provided, which are designed to fit into the desaws B and. B and under the planer-knives,

and also under a small wheel, D, secured upon a cross-shaft, as shown in Fig. 2, and driven from any suitable source of power, and upon which any mark, like the name of the manufacturer or any other mark, may be cut or formed,which will embed itself and stamp the shingle near its butt in its passage through the machine. This mark will be found advantageous in laying the shingles, as it will enable the operator to lay so much to the weather as he wishes without lines. The bands 0 form the upper part of the bed, and are.

raised just enough to allow the shingle to pass between them and the lower part of the bed d, and the springs 0 press the shingle down on the bed and assist in holding it while it passes under the knife.

. F is a spring, one end of which is secured to the bed, and its office is to press the shingle down, so that the butt thereof will be cut square by the saw B.

I make no claim, broadly, in this application to the feed-bands herein described, nor to the pulleys for carrying the same, as they may form the subject-matter of a separateapplication; nor do I claim, broadly, a markerwheel, for I am aware that marker-wheels have heretofore been used in various classes of machines; but, so far as I am aware, it is new in shingle-machines.

WVhat I claim as my invention is-- 1. In ashingle-planing machine, and in combination with the cutter thereof, and as a means for feeding the shingles to said cutters, the band-feed made of a steel band, with projecting spurs upon one side and cogs 0r corrugations upon the other, and pulleys carrying said band, provided with cogs or corrugations coincidentwith those upon said bands, Substantially as described IOG In a planing-machine, the combination of the two planer-heads, arranged on opposite sides of the bed, and journaled diagonally to such machine and parallel to each other, one being adapted to plane the upper and the other adapted to plane the under side of a shingle, in combination with steel band carriers or feeds, the parts being constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. A shingle-planing machine consisting of a suitable bed, to which arediagonally journaled planer-heads, steel-band feeds adapted to feed the shingle to such planer-heads, and the saws adapted to true the shing1e-before it reaches either of said planer-heads, the parts being constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

ALONZO XV. ELDREDGE.

'Witnesses:

ALBERT SACHEN, O. VAN CLEVE GANSON. 

